My Day At The Vlb

[Kai]

thats absolutely true.
They dont get along with eachother,
The Klners do even change theire "Alt" key on the keyboard and put a new sticker on it:

Love it. If I didn't have 'option' rather than 'alt' I'd do the same.

 

[Brewtus]

Gives a new perspective to Control Alt - Delete.

 

[Doc]

The best of luck WJ. Sounds like you've done the work to get the just reward.
Been loving this thread like many others.
May you pass with honours and a beer to your mouth.

Beers,
Doc

 

[Guest Lurker]

bottling lines, bottle washers and Darcy's Law. Glad thats over.

Hooray! I knew there must have been a reason I felt such an affinity with Darcys law = the basic tenet of hydrogeology. It's all about beer!

 

[Whistlingjack]

Yeah, GL

How about Fick's Law, Reynold's number, Stoke's Law, Hagen-Poiseuille Law, Carman-Kozeny equation, the continuity equation, Bernoulli equation, etc, etc

That's just what we learned about fluid mechanics. I could go into the laws of chemistry, economics, biochemistry, energy, etc... :huh:

And it IS about the beer!

WJ

 

[Brewtus]

Can Stokes' law explain Guiness bubbles?

 

[Whistlingjack]

Can Stokes' law explain Guiness bubbles?

Umm...no.

It relates to the settlement of solid particles in a viscous fluid medium. Lower viscosity leads to faster settlement of particles. Size matters here...

WJ

 

[Gulf Brewery]

Yeah, GL

How about Fick's Law, Reynold's number, Stoke's Law, Hagen-Poiseuille Law, Carman-Kozeny equation, the continuity equation, Bernoulli equation, etc, etc

That's just what we learned about fluid mechanics. I could go into the laws of chemistry, economics, biochemistry, energy, etc... :huh:

And it IS about the beer!

WJ

Are you going to critically analyse every glass of beer you drink now that you know all that stuff or will you RDWHAHB (or mabe in your case RDWHAB)? :beer:

Cheers
Pedro

 

[Whistlingjack]

Are you going to critically analyse every glass of beer you drink now that you know all that stuff or will you RDWHAHB (or mabe in your case RDWHAB)? :beer:

Cheers
Pedro

I mentioned earlier in this thread about the difficulty of just enjoying a beer without wondering about how it was made. I guess all of us in this forum have that to contend with at some level.

The stuff I'm learning is interesting and as far as the science behind brewing is concerned, highly relevant. Most of the science disciplines are represented in the brewing process which makes the hunt for knowledge even more tantalising.

Yeah, it will probably be the latter, though. I have managed to casually separate my technical knowledge from the enjoyment factor. :chug:

WJ (enjoying a nice Czech pilsner with my lunch)

 

[Darren]

Yeah, GL

How about Fick's Law, Reynold's number, Stoke's Law, Hagen-Poiseuille Law, Carman-Kozeny equation, the continuity equation, Bernoulli equation, etc, etc

That's just what we learned about fluid mechanics. I could go into the laws of chemistry, economics, biochemistry, energy, etc... :huh:

And it IS about the beer!

WJ

You forgot the purity law

cheers

Darren

 

[Whistlingjack]

You forgot the purity law

cheers

Darren

Yeah, thanks Darren.

How can I ignore the most important law of all... :lol:

WJ

 

[Brewtus]

You forgot the purity law

cheers

Darren

Purity law is a man made rule. The others are laws of physics. You can't get fined cause you can break'm

I though Stokes law could be applied to bubbles rising in viscous liquid as well as things dropping though liquid.

Not to worry, Stokes alway did great work in off beat areas, hence was never as well known as Newton. Falling apples are sexier than ball bearings in oil.

Did any of Bernoulli's ideas take off?

 

[Darren]

Purity law is a man made rule. The others are laws of physics. You can't get fined cause you can break'm

cant break any of them can you?

cheers

Darren

 

[Whistlingjack]

Did any of Bernoulli's ideas take off?

I Venturi to think that it may have... :lol:

WJ

PS I didn't realise that Stoke's Law could relate to bubbles rising through liquid. Showing my ignorance of the finer engineering principles.

 

[Whistlingjack]

The microbiology exam is now done.

Last week I was given a yeast culture and asked to test it for contaminants in a variety of procedures. Today I got the plates back to identify what I had found and give my recommendation to the (fictitious) brewery that supplied it.

There were four strains of yeast. Torulopsis, candida, saccharomyces diastaticus and saccharomyces carlbergensis. The first three were the wild yeasts of course.

Also present was the bacterium lactobacillus.

My recommendation was that the culture was unsuitable for beer production...

Two more exams tomorrow... :blink:

WJ

 

[Zwickel]

There were four strains of yeast. Torulopsis, candida, saccharomyces diastaticus and saccharomyces carlbergensis.....

I just wonder how you got that strains in, especially the candida?

 

[Whistlingjack]

I just wonder how you got that strains in, especially the candida?

The lecturer put them in there. I don't want to know where they came from...

WJ

 

[Whistlingjack]

No more school and no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks...

Yes, fellow brewers, the last exams are finished. Today we had biochemistry and sensory evaluation (no, not what you're thinking - theory only) Now we wait for the results of these and the practical micro exam yesterday. So far I have passed all the other exams.

So its a little relaxation this afternoon ahead of a moderate (yeah, right) drinking session at one of our favourite brewpubs, Eschenbru. They have a maibock as their monthly special. It was tapped last week and I have serious doubts whether there'll be any left after tonight... :chug:

Next week, we embark on a three day class excursion (read: binge) to breweries in central and western Germany. This weekend (monday is a public holiday) is to be spent enjoying the beer gardens and sightseeing without any guilt about not studying... :beer:

WJ (ramping up for a week of fun)

 

[kirem]

IT's been great reading your posts, I have really enjoyed them.

good luck with the rest of the exam results.

How's the liver holding out?

 

[Whistlingjack]

IT's been great reading your posts, I have really enjoyed them.

good luck with the rest of the exam results.

How's the liver holding out?

Thanks, kirem. I've enjoyed writing them...

Its not done yet. There are more reports pending. Watch out for continuing episodes of an Aussie brewer in the land of beer.

The liver is doing well. I have this theory about the cleansing effect of Berlin kebabs... :lol:

WJ